Reviewed July 2018 10.0 LOCATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT OF WESTERN STELLER SEA LIONS (Eumetopias jubatus) Western Steller sea lion major rookeries are identified in Table 1 and Western Steller sea lion major haul-outs are identified in Table 2. Critical habitat includes a terrestrial zone and air zone that extends 3,000 feet (0.9 km) from the baseline or base point of each major rookery and major haul-out in . Critical habitat east of 144° West Longitude includes an aquatic zone that extends 3,000 feet (0.9 km) from the baseline or base point of each major rookery and major haul-out in Alaska. Critical habitat west of 144° West Longitude includes an aquatic zone that extends 20 nm (37 km) seaward in State and Federally managed waters from the baseline or base point of each major rookery and major haul- out in Alaska. See http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/protectedresources/stellers/habitat.htm for more information regarding Stellar sea lion critical habitat areas. Steller’s Sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) (Drawing from Alaska Whale Foundation web site)

163 Reviewed July 2018 The overview map is shown below with specific location information presented in Table 1. All information is provided by the National Marine Fisheries Service. 10.1 Steller Sea Lion Designated Critical Habitat (Map by National Marine Fisheries Service)

164 Reviewed July 2018 10.2 Major Western Steller Sea Lion Rookery Sites Table 1 - Major Western Sellar Sea Lion Rookery Sites Major Western Steller sea lion rookery sites are identified in the following table. Where two sets of coordinates are given, the baseline extends in a clockwise direction from the first set of geographic coordinates along with the shoreline at mean lower-low water to the second set or coordinates. Where only one set of coordinates is listed, that location is the base point. (Information from the National Marine Fisheries Service)

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Table 1-continued-Major Western Steller Sea Lion Rookery Sites (Information from the National Marine Fisheries Service)

\1\ Includes an associated 20 NM aquatic zone. \2\ Associated 20 NM aquatic zone lies entirely within one of the three special foraging areas.

166 Reviewed July 2018 10.3 Major Western Steller Sea Lion Haulout Sites in Alaska Table 2.-Major Western Steller Sea Lion Haulout Sites in Alaska

Major Western Steller sea lion haul-out sites in Alaska are identified in the following table. Where two sets of coordinates are given, the baseline extends in a clockwise direction from the first set of geographic coordinates along the shoreline at mean lower-low water to the second set of coordinates. Where only one set of coordinates is listed, that location is the base point

Table 2 - Major Western Steller’s Sea Lion Haulout Sites (Information by the National Marine Fisheries Service)

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Table 2 - Major Western Steller’s Sea Lion Haulout Sites (Information by the National Marine Fisheries Service)

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Table 2 - Major Western Steller’s Sea Lion Haulout Sites (Information by the National Marine Fisheries Service)

169 Reviewed July 2018 11.0 LOCATION OF PROTECTED SEABIRD COLONIES AND NON-COLONY NESTING BIRDS The nesting areas of colonies of 1,000 or more seabirds during the period May 1 through October 30 are identified below. Two non-colony nesting seabirds are also identified below.

Colony Nesting Seabird Non-Colony Nesting Seabird

Northern Fulmars Fulmarus Ancient Murrelet, Marbled Murrelet, Brachyramphus glacialis Synthliboramphus antiquus marmoratus

Leach’s Storm-Petrel Cassin’s Auklet, Kittlitz’s Murrelet, Brachyramphus Oceanodroma Leucorhoa Ptychoramphus aleuticus brevirostris

Pelagic Cormorant, Least Auklet, Aethia pusilla Phalacrocorax pelagicus

Red-Faced Cormorant, Whiskered Auklet, Aethia Phalacrocorax urile pygmaea

Black-Legged Kittiwake, Rissa Crested Auklet, Aethia tridactyla cristatella

Red-Legged Kittiwake, Rissa , Fratercula brevirostris corniculata

Arctic Tern, Sterna paradisaea Common Eider, Somateria mollissima

Aleutian Tern, Onychoprion Black Guillemot, Cepphus aleutica grylle,

Pigeon Guillemot, Cepphus columba

170 Reviewed July 2018 11.1 Northern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Northern Fulmar Breeding Sites in Alaska 1. Semidi Islands in the Gulf of Alaska 3. in the Aleutians

2. and on St. Matthew 4. Hall Islands in the

Northern Fulmars (Photo by U.S.G.S. Scott Hatch)

171 Reviewed July 2018 11.1 Leach’s Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma Leucorhoa (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Leach’s Storm-Petrel Breeding Sites in Alaska

1. 4. Semidi Islands

2. Shumagin Islands 5. Sandman Reefs south of the Alaskan Peninsula

3. St. Lazaria Island, SE Alaska 6. Forrester Island, SE Alaska Leach’s Storm-Petrel (Photo by the Audubon Society, http://www.audubon.org/bird/puffin/virtual/stormpetrel.html)

172 Reviewed July 2018 11.2 Pelagic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Pelagic Cormorant’s Breeding Sites in Alaska

1. Cape Lisburne, northern Chukchi Sea 6. Little Diomede Island, Bering Strait

2. St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea 7. St. Matthew Island, Bering Sea

3. Kodiak Island 8. Homer

4.Kachemak Bay 9. Cook Inlet

5. Alexander Archipelago, SE Alaska Pelagic Cormorant (Photo by Dennis Paulson)

173 Reviewed July 2018 11.3 Red-Faced Cormorant, Phalacrocorax urile (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Red-Faced Cormorant’s Breeding Sites in Alaska

1. A narrow band from the Gulf of Alaska to the central and western 4. Semidi Islands, southwest of Aleutian Islands. Kodiak Island

2. Pribilof Islands 5. Chiniak Bay, northeast of Kodiak Island

3. Norton Sound Red-Faced Cormorant (Photo by Donna Dewhurst)

174 Reviewed July 2018 11.4 Black-Legged Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Black-Legged Kittiwake’s Breeding Sites in Alaska Black-legged Kittiwakes nest from Point Hope on the northwest coast; south on islands and the mainland coast to the southern Bering Sea; throughout the Aleutians Islands to the westernmost end; and east throughout southcoastal Alaska, Prince William Sound, the Gulf of Alaska, and into . Following are breeding sites but do not include all of them.

1. St. Matthew Island, Hall Island, Little Diomede 6. Middleton Island, northern Gulf of Alaska

2. St. George Island 7. Chowiet Island in the Semidi islands

3. Delarof Harbor in the Shumagin Islands 8. , Aleutians

4. Cape Newenham, Bristol Bay 9. Cape Peirce, Bristol Bay

5. St. Paul Island, Pribilofs Black-Legged Kittiwakes (Photo by USFWS, Max Kauffman)

175 Reviewed July 2018 11.5 Red-Legged Kittiwake, Rissa brevirostris (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Red-Legged Kittiwake’s Breeding Sites in Alaska (St. George colony contains over 80% of the world’s population)

1. St. George, St. Paul Islands and Otter Islands, Pribilofs 2. Bogoslof and Buldir Islands, Aleutians

Red-Legged Kittiwake (Photo by USFWS)

176 Reviewed July 2018 11.6 Arctic Tern, Sterna paradisaea (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Arctic Tern’s Breeding Sites in Alaska

1. Arctic coastal plain of the Beaufort Sea 5. Gulf of Alaska

2. Coasts of Chukchi and Bering Seas 6 SE Alaska

3. St. Lawrence Island 7. Kodiak Island

4. Western Aleutian Islands 8. Prince William Sound

Arctic Tern (Photo by USGS, Bob Gill)

177 Reviewed July 2018 11.7 Aleutian Tern, Onychoprion aleutica (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Aleutian Tern’s Breeding Sites in Alaska (Breeds only in Alaska and eastern Siberia)

1. Chukchi Sea as far north as Kasegaluk Lagoon 6. Kodiak Archipelago

2. 7.

3. Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta 8. Copper River Delta

4. Alaskan Peninsula 9. Along the Gulf of Alaska as far as Dry Bay

5. Aleutian Islands Aleutian Tern (Photo by USGS, Bob Gill)

178 Reviewed July 2018 11.8 Black Guillemot, Cepphus grylle, (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Black Guillemot’s Breeding Sites in Alaska 1. Coastlines and islands of the western Chukchi and Beaufort Seas 3. Barter Island

2. Seahorse Island and Point Barrow east to Igalik Island

Black Guillemot (Photo by Audubon Society http://www.audubon.org/bird/puffin/virtual/guillemot.html)

179 Reviewed July 2018 11.9 Pigeon Guillemot, Cepphus columba (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Pigeon Guillemot’s Breeding Sites in Alaska (World population is 235,000 and at least 50% breed in Alaska) 1. Prince William Sounds 3. SE Alaska

2. Cook Inlet 4. Kodiak Island Pigeon Guillemot (Photo by USGS, http://www.absc.usgs.gov/research/seabird_foragefish/seabirds/flash_cards/pigeon_guillemot.html)

180 Reviewed July 2018 11.10 Marbled Murrelet, Brachyramphus marmoratus (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Marbled Murrelet’s Breeding Distribution in Alaska 1. From the Aleutians, along the coast south to SE Alaska. Marbled Murrelet (Photo by Guy Monty) (Federally listed as Threatened in 1992 – 91% of the North American population breeds in Alaska, SE Alaska may support 79% of the North American population, Gillnet by-catch considered a cause of their decline.)

181 Reviewed July 2018 11.11 Kittlitz’s Murrelet, Brachyramphus brevirostris (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Kittlitz’s Murrelet’s Breeding Distribution in Alaska Global Conservation Status: Critically endangered. Most of the world’s population breed, molt and winter in Alaska. 1. Inhabit coastal waters discontinuously from Point Lay on 6. Icy Bay the northwest coast of Alaska, south to northern portions of Southeast Alaska. 2. South side of 7. Yakutat Bay 3. Prince William Sound 8. Malaspina Forelands 4. Lower Cook Inlet 9. Glacier Bay 5. Kenai Fjords Kittlitz’s Murrelet (Photo by National Park Service, Mason Reid)

182 Reviewed July 2018 11.12 Ancient Murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Ancient Murrelet’s Breeding Sites in Alaska In Alaska, about 90 colonies total or 300,000 birds. Salmon fishing fleets linked to their decline due to attraction to vessel lights and gillnet drownings. 4. St. Lazaria and Forrester Islands, 1. 50 colonies in the Aleutians SE Alaska 2. Gulf of Alaska (Sandman Reefs, Shumagin and Semidi Islands) 5. Pribilof Islands 3. Smaller islands in the vicinity of the Alaskan Peninsula, Kodiak

Island and Shelikof Strait Ancient Murrelet (Photo by Ian Jones)

183 Reviewed July 2018 11.13 Cassin’s Auklet, Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Cassin’s Auklet Breeding Sites in Alaska About 53 colonies or 473,000 population in Alaska. Major concerns include oil spills, introduced predators and mortalities from fisheries interactions that includes gillnet fishing. 1. Chagulak Island in the Aleutians 4. Castle Rock, Shumagin Islands

2. Nigrud Island group 5. Suklik Island, Semidi Islands

3. Hunter and Umga Islands in the Sandman Reefs 6. Petrel and Lowrie Islands, SE Alaska Cassin’s Auklet (Photo by Ian Jones)

184 Reviewed July 2018 11.14 Least Auklet, Aethia pusilla (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Least Auklet Breeding Sites in Alaska 1. Aleutian Islands, including , Segula and Gareloi islands 4. St. Matthew Island and Hall Islands

2. Shumagin and Semidi Islands 5. Singikpo Cape

3. Isolated islands in the Bering Sea 6. St. Lawrence and Diomede Island

Least Auklet (Photo by Ian Jones)

185 Reviewed July 2018 11.15 Whiskered Auklet, Aethia pygmaea (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Whiskered Auklet Breeding Sites in Alaska Vulnerable to oil spills, entanglement in fishing nets, fatal attraction to ships’ lights, and physical and human caused factors that disrupt their food base. Also predation by gulls. Norway Rats were introduced to 16 islands that have been a significant problem along with foxes. Over 1000 birds were killed when they flew into lights aboard a fishing vessel in the eastern Aleutian Islands. 1. Aleutian Islands primarily west of 4. Atka Pass to east Sitkin Sound

2. Krenitzen Island group 5. Buldir Island

3. Islands of the Four Mountains 6. Commander and Kuril Islands Whiskered Auklet (Photo by Ian Jones)

186 Reviewed July 2018 11.16 Crested Auklet, Aethia cristatella (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Crested Auklet’s Breeding Sites in Alaska Cause of decline linked to fishing vessels lit brightly and resultant collisions. 1. Northern Bering Sea and adjacent North 5. Gulf of Alaska Pacific on remote coastlines and islands.

2. Aleutian Islands 6. Sirius Pt. on Kiska Island, Central Aleutians

3. St. Matthew Island 7. Kongkok Bay, St. Lawrence Island

4. Shumagin Islands 8. , Aleutian Islands Crested Auklet (Photo by USFWS, Art Sowe)

187 Reviewed July 2018 11.17 Horned Puffin, Fratercula corniculata (Seabird breeding population maps created from data provided by the Beringian Seabird Colony Catalog Database. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska)

Horned Puffin’s Breeding Sites in Alaska 1. Largest colonies are concentrated in the 4. Cape Lisburne in the Chukchi Sea northwest Gulf of Alaska and along the Alaska Peninsula in the Semidi, Shumagin, and .

2. Aleutian Islands 5. Cooper Island, east of Point Barrow in the Beaufort Sea

3. Islands in the Bering and Chukchi Seas (i.e., 6. Prince William Sound Pribilof, St. Matthew, St. Lawrence, Diomede and Chamisso islands) Horned Puffin (Photo by USFWS, Art Sowle)

188 Reviewed July 2018 11.18 Common Eider, Somateria mollissima (Map provided by Ducks Unlimited Canada in Cooperation with The Sea Duck Joint Venture, linked from USFWS Alaska Regional web site)

Common Eider’s Breeding Sites in Alaska 1. The Pacific Race breeds from Queen Maud Gulf, Nunavut, westward along the coast to the Bering Sea and into the Aleutian Islands. Common Eider (Photo by Gary Kramer)

189 Reviewed July 2018 12.0 LOCATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT OF STELLER’S EIDERS (Polysticta stelleri) IN ALASKA During breeding season (May through August) Steller’s and spectacled eider nesting critical habitat units are located on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and North Slope. Molting habitat (July through October) for Steller’s eiders includes Izembek Lagoon, Nelson Lagoon and Seal Islands. Molting habitat for spectacled eider includes Ledyard Bay and Norton Sound. Wintering habitat (October through March) for Steller’s eider includes Nelson Lagoon, Izembek Lagoon, Cold Bay, Chignik Lagoon and several other locations along the Aleutian Islands. Wintering habitat for spectacled eider is in the Bering Sea between St. Lawrence and St. Matthews Islands. Critical habitat areas are listed and depicted at https://www.fws.gov/alaska/fisheries/endangered/listing.htm.

Areas Where Steller’s Eider’s Nest, Molt and Winter in Alaska 1. St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea 9. Aleutian Islands

2. Northern shore of the Alaskan Peninsula, 10. Kodiak Island especially, Nelson Lagoon and Izembek Lagoon, Port Heiden, and Seal Islands

3. Southwestern Alaska 11. Northern Kuskowim Bay

4. Southern Cook Inlet 12. Akutan Harbor

5. Western Arctic Coastal Plain, 13. Sand Point

6. Northern half of the National Petroleum Reserve 14. Unalaska Bay

7. Barrow 15. King Cove

8. Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (small sub-populations) 16. Cold Bay

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12.1 Steller ‘s Eider Critical Habitat Map (From FR.Vol.66, No.23, Friday, February 2, 2001, pg. 8879)

191 Reviewed July 2018 Steller’s Eider Critical Habitat, Unit 1: Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

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Steller’s Eider Critical Habitat, Unit 2: Kuskokwim Shoals Unit (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

193 Reviewed July 2018 Steller’s Eider Critical Habitat, Unit 3: Seal Islands Unit (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

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Steller’s Eider Critical Habitat, Unit 4: Nelson Lagoon Unit (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

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Steller’s Eider Critical Habitat, Unit 5: Izembek Lagoon Unit (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

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Range of the Pacific population of the Steller’s Eider. (Map from USFWS 2002 Steller’s Eider Recovery Plan)

197 Reviewed July 2018 Steller’s Eider Concentration Area (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

198 Reviewed July 2018 Steller’s Eider Concentration Area (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

199 Reviewed July 2018 Steller’s Eider Concentration Area (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

200 Reviewed July 2018 Steller’s Eider Concentration Area (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

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Steller’s Eider Concentration Area (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

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Steller’s Eider Concentration Area (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

203 Reviewed July 2018 Steller’s Eider Concentration Area (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

204 Reviewed July 2018 Steller’s Eider Concentration Area (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

205 Reviewed July 2018 Steller’s Eider Concentration Area (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

206 Reviewed July 2018 Steller’s Eider Concentration Area (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

207 Reviewed July 2018 Steller’s Eider Concentration Area (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

208 Reviewed July 2018 Steller’s Eider Concentration Area (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

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Distribution of Alaska-breeding Steller’s eiders during the non-breeding season, June 2000 and 2001. (Map from USFWS 2002 Steller’s Eider Recovery Plan)

Steller’s Eider (Photo by USFWS)

210 Reviewed July 2018 13.0 LOCATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT OF SPECTACLED EIDERS (Somateria fischeri) IN ALASKA During breeding season (May through August) Steller’s and spectacled eider nesting critical habitat units are located on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and North Slope. Molting habitat (July through October) for Steller’s eiders includes Izembek Lagoon, Nelson Lagoon and Seal Islands. Molting habitat for spectacled eider includes Ledyard Bay and Norton Sound. Wintering habitat (October through March) for Steller’s eider includes Nelson Lagoon, Izembek Lagoon, Cold Bay, Chignik Lagoon and several other locations along the Aleutian Islands. Wintering habitat for spectacled eider is in the Bering Sea between St. Lawrence and St. Matthews Islands. Critical habitat areas are listed and depicted at https://www.fws.gov/alaska/fisheries/endangered/listing.htm.

Range of the Spectacled Eider (Map by USFWS)

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212 Reviewed July 2018 (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

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Spectacled Eider (Photo by USFWS)

Spectacled Eider (Photo by USFWS)

Spectacled Eider eggs. (Photo by USFWS)

218 Reviewed July 2018 14.0 LOCATION OF NORTHERN SEA OTTER HABITAT (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) IN On October 8, 2009, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized designation of 15,164 km2 (5,855 mi2) of critical habitat for the threatened northern sea otter in southwest Alaska. See http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/mmm/seaotters/criticalhabitat.htm for maps and more information on sea otter critical habitat.

Northern Sea Otter: Critical Habitat (Map from USFWS)

Location of critical habitat units. Only areas that meet the definition of critical habitat within these units is actually designated as critical habitat.

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Northern Sea Otter (Photo by USFWS)

220 Reviewed July 2018 15.0 LOCATION OF ORCA INLET

(Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

221 Reviewed July 2018 16.0 LOCATION OF LOST HARBOR, Lost Harbor is shown as follows: (Map produced by Department of Environmental Conservation)

222 Reviewed July 2018 17.0 LOCATION OF ALEUTIAN ISLANDS CORAL HABITAT PROTECTION AREA The following map includes the Aleutian Islands Coral Habitat Protection Area, “Living substrates” occur in and around seamounts that are Essential Fish Habitat and are being protected. Aleutian Islands Coral Habitat Protection Areas (Map by NMFS, http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/habitat/efh.htm)

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Appendix H

Protocol for Collecting Information on Dead Spectacled and Steller’s Eiders

FINAL PERMIT AKG523000 APPENDIX H-1 Introduction The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) needs to document mortality of threatened species whenever possible. Fish and Wildlife Service programs that use this information include Endangered Species, Environmental Contaminants, Conservation Planning Assistance (to aid in recovery plans and implementation), and Law Enforcement (for enforcing the Endangered Species Act and other wildlife-related laws), in addition to numerous related research programs. Every dead spectacled and Steller’s eider can aid in its species recovery by providing information on eiders found dead. In the past, this protocol covered handling and transport of injured or sick eiders. Because of avian flu concerns, we cannot currently transport injured or ill eiders for rehabilitation, so we can no longer provide instructions or a protocol for handling them. To minimize your risk, we recommend that you do not contact or handle wild birds that appear to be ill or injured. Due to concerns about contracting avian influenza from handling bird carcasses, please make sure that you have proper personal protective equipment (PPE) and training prior to observing carcasses. Do not collect or handle carcasses. Protect yourself from fluids and feces by using impermeable gloves, safety glasses, and a mask if necessary when going near (not touching) a bird to assist in determining sex and making observations of the bird(s). Reporting Report all dead spectacled and Steller’s eiders as soon as possible. If there is no reason to suspect that the bird(s) died as the result of any illegal activity, you should attempt to contact the following people, in the order listed, until you reach someone. 1. Angela Matz, USFWS, Fairbanks: (907) 456-0442 work 2. Ted Swem, USFWS, Fairbanks: (907) 456-0441 work 3. Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office, USFWS, Anchorage: (800) 272-4174 toll free, (907) 271-2888 work 4. Robert Suydam, North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management, Barrow: (907) 852-0350 If you encounter any dead spectacled or Steller’s eiders that you suspect may have died as a result of an illegal act such as shooting, a Service Law Enforcement Officer should be notified immediately. Ensure that one of the individuals in the above list is also contacted in these instances. You should be prepared to report any observations and/or knowledge you might have regarding the incident, and you may be provided with additional instructions regarding proper custodial handling techniques, which will allow a Special Agent to follow-up with an investigation into the incident. USFWS, Office of Law Enforcement: Fairbanks: (877) 535-1795 toll-free, (907) 456-2335, (907) 456-2356 fax Nome: (907) 443-2479, (907) 443-2938 fax Anchorage: (800) 858-7621 toll-free, (907) 271-2828, (907) 271-2827 fax Regional Office, Anchorage: (907) 786-3311, (907) 786-3313 fax Juneau Office: (907) 586-7545, (907) 586-7574 Fax FINAL PERMIT AKG523000 APPENDIX H-2 Your report should include: 1. Species, age, sex, and number of birds, date, time and location (latitude and longitude and area name). 2. Suspected cause of death. 3. Circumstances under which found. 4. If known, the names of witnesses or suspects, and a description of any vehicles or boats involved (but, non-law enforcement individuals are not expected to conduct investigations or obtain information that is not readily available). If a camera is available, photograph birds and other evidence such as shotgun shells or casings, and persons and vehicles involved. Note photo date, time, and location. You should put all this information, plus any additional details you think important (such as location of nearest power line), in a short written narrative.

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Appendix I

Seafood Waste Size Sampling and Analysis Protocol

FINAL PERMIT AKG523000 APPENDIX I -1 Seafood Waste Size Sampling and Analysis Protocol

Purpose: The purpose of the sampling and analysis is to determine if the seafood waste is in compliance with the permit limitation that the permittee must reduce the size of all solid seafood processing wastes to 0.5 inch (1.27 cm) or smaller in any dimension prior to discharge. Method: The following is the DEC approved method for determining if seafood waste has been treated to meet the 0.5 inch (1.27 cm) in any dimension waste size limitation. Other methods may be approved on a case-by-case basis. Equipment List a. Five gallon buckets (quantity two). b. Forceps c. Latex or Nitrile gloves d. Two Classifier-screen sieves, 0.5 inch and 0.25 inch mesh for use with a standard five gallon bucket, search web browser for “classifier screens” or “classifier sieve”. e. Light box

Single classifier screens in bucket

FINAL PERMIT AKG523000 APPENDIX I -2 Sample Collection: 1) If the vessel’s outfall / discharge pipe does not have a sample port at least 2.0 inches or greater, the permittee must install an appropriately sized sample port on the underside of the seafood outfall / discharge pipe in a convenient location for collecting discharge samples into a 5-gallon bucket. The sampling port must have a valve that opens to the full position and does not obstruct the flow. 2) Don latex or nitrile gloves. When the seafood waste treatment grinders (or other treatment) are operating and the seafood processing lines are operating at normal to near total capacity, purge the sampling port for 60 seconds into a 5-gallon bucket or buckets and re-introduce the waste into the waste conveyance system. After purging, collect a five gallon bucket full of seafood processing waste and wastewater. For easy handling, a full bucket is defined as between 1-2 inches from the top or rim. 3) Near a scupper or drain connected to the waste conveyance system, place two screens on top of a 5 gallon bucket (see the screen specifications in the equipment list). Place a 0.25 inch mesh screen on the bucket first and then place the 0.5 inch mesh screen on top of the 0.25 inch screen. Screens must be 1.5 inches apart to allow for the accumulation of waste passing through the upper screen. 4) Pour the full five gallons of seafood processing waste through the two screen combination. If small particles are building up in one spot, turn the bucket of seafood waste being poured onto the mesh sieves so that processing waste can pass can continue to be screened. 5) Add the contents of the top larger mesh screen (0.5 inch size screen) to the measurement collection beaker. Because seafood waste is pliable the particles tend to bias toward a smaller size as they fold and fall through the mesh. A pair of forceps may be used to help with collection (see the equipment list). Repeat as necessary. 6) Separate the 0.25 inch screen once all of the pieces have passed through the 0.5 inch screen and examine any waste that accumulated on the 0.25 inch screen. Once again look through the particles retained on the 0.25 inch screen and add those that appear larger than 0.5 inch to the collection beaker. 7) After sampling is completed, discharge wastewater and the remaining solids to the waste conveyance system.

Sample Analysis 1) Take the sample collection beaker to a well-lit working area, or light box suggested in the equipment list, and measure the greatest dimension of each piece of seafood waste to the nearest 1/16 inch. 2) Record the number of seafood waste pieces that exceeded the 0.5 inch in the largest dimension on the Seafood Waste Size and Waste Conveyance Inspection Log (Attachment B). 3) When ten or more seafood processing waste particles exceed the maximum size requirement in a 5- gallon bucket of wastewater, corrective action (e.g., replacement of or sharpening the grinder plates, pump speed adjustment, size of cutting plate reduced from 0.5 inch down to 0.375 inch, addition of audio grinder, etc.) is required within seven days and must be noted on the log. 4) Once a month photographs are required to be taken of the seafood waste inspection procedure, as a data collection requirement. Input unique picture numbers into the inspection log to document the photographic record.

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